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Posted: February 9, 2026 (2 days ago)

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AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST (TERMINAL)

U.S. Marine Corps

Department of the Navy

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Location

Location not specified

Salary

$107,048 - $139,166

per year

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GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves managing air traffic at a Marine Corps air station in Japan, ensuring safe and efficient movement of military, civilian, and international aircraft through tower and radar operations.

It also includes training staff and handling emergencies on the airfield.

A good fit would be someone with prior air traffic control experience who is comfortable in a high-stakes, overseas military environment and can adapt to limited medical access.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent in air traffic control
  • Ability to provide safe, orderly, and expeditious air traffic control services
  • Proficiency in performing radar control duties per DoD, host nation, and local regulations
  • Skills in tower control, coordinating military, civil, and general aviation traffic
  • Experience providing instruction, training, and assistance to military and civilian personnel
  • Responsibility for operations in TRACON or control tower, including awareness of air traffic and ground movements
  • Capability to provide emergency response assistance and activate crash alarm systems

Full Job Description

You will serve as a AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST (TERMINAL) in the STATION AIR FIELD OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT of MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI .

***ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE IN JAPAN IS EXTREMELY LIMITED.

*** Employees (and their family members) who require medical or dental care in Japan may experience severe limitations accessing medical care both on the military installation and the local economy, and also could incur costly medical expenses.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Provide technical expertise in air traffic control services to include: direct safe flow of air traffic; perform tower control, radar control and as a facility watch officer other duties as required; determine limitations and use of airspace, provide training and instruction to personnel.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Continued from "Additional Information"(below): ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher.

ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location.

Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate.

For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Major Duties:

  • You will provide safe, orderly, and expeditious air traffic control support and services to aircraft transiting, originating, or terminating in the installation’s delegated terminal ensuring training airspace availability for aircraft operations.
  • You will perform radar control duties as defined and regulation in applicable DoD, Host nation, and local directives, orders, regulations.
  • You will perform tower control duties; coordinates and controls U.S. military, Japan military, civil airline, and civilian general aviation traffic and determines actions with other controllers and issues instructions to pilot almost simultaneously.
  • You will provide instruction, training and assistance to the military, civilian, and contractor personnel and provides basic and advanced training for personnel to meet requirements for Air Traffic Control qualifications.
  • You will be responsible for the overall operations of eight position TRACON or the four position control tower and maintains awareness of air traffic, range operations, ground aircraft, and ground vehicle movement.
  • You will provide emergency response assistance to aircraft and vehicles operating in the vicinity of the airport and on the airfield and activates the primary crash alarm system.
  • You will provide feedback to the supervisor on decisions and requirements.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/9/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/11/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12879527-26-DSS